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vs. sas: Opponent Game Thread Highlights

First of all, let me say that I respect the Spurs as an organization tremendously. They remind me a lot of us, except for, you know, they have rings. Their fans are a lot like their players. They keep their mouths shut (i.e. you NEVER see them trolling other teams’ sites unlike certain other fan bases I could mention) even though they have the rings and hardware to back up any trash talk, and just go about their own business.

This was my first visit to the SB Nation home of Spurs fans, Pounding the Rock. Their game preview cracked me up. It began like this:

Do you know what you get when you search for images of Gregg Popovich? A picture of him yelling.

Do you know what you get when you search for images of Jerry Sloan? A picture of him yelling.

If I were to ask you who said the following, you’d probably default to Pop.

“I could have passed the ball into Yao sitting on the bench he was so wide open. He got what he wanted and we didn’t put any defensive pressure on him.”

But you would be wrong. Coincidence? I think not. The CIA should be proud.

I also had to laugh at their game thread, which opened with this:

…and closed with a request for no Tony/Eva talk. Moving on to the highlights:

this should be a good game. I hope we keep them off the boards.by gunnin’ gervin on Nov 20, 2010 9:44 AM CST

Me: Oh the irony….

Cool, Matt Harpring does Jazz games. Of course, called us “one of the oldest teams, if not oldest team in the league rigth now.”by Ed (dfjmed) on Nov 20, 2010 10:01 AM CST

–Tiago would have made that….–wtf? rebound people. / meh. Tiago would have got one.–PUT TIAGO IN THE FUCKING GAME.–Tiago would have made that floater.–Williams carried like crazy!!!!!! / Tiago would have made that call.–damn pop.. what did tiago *do???–Memo to Pop: Tiago Splitter is on your team.–Tiago would have blocked that three.–damnit Bonner. I said no teardrop!! / Tiago would have made that–Tiago wouldn’t have fouled there.–I’m honestly wondering if there’s some kind of internal discipline thing with Tiago. I could see Pops doing that and not feeling the need to explain himself. /He is too handsome for the old man to knowledge.–must. . . hold. . . on. / Tiago would hold on.–rarely will manu miss that free throw / Tiago wouldn’t have missed it.